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More high school grads are rejecting 4-year pathways

eSchool News

The findings from YouScience’s second annual national 2023 Post-Graduation Readiness Report. Key findings of the report include: The decision to pursue alternative postsecondary options hints at an evolving postsecondary landscape. This highlights a gap in exposing students to various education and career choices.

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Most Parents Think Teachers Are Fully Prepared to Deliver Science of Reading-Aligned Instruction; Educators Are Less Optimistic

eSchool News

In May, Education Week reported that 31 states and the District of Columbia had adopted laws and policies requiring early reading instruction to be aligned with the science of reading,” Gaehde continued. “On For nearly 40 years, the company has focused on pre-K-12 literacy and today provides solutions for students and educators.

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SCORM – Why does it matter and why do you need it?

Kitaboo on EdTech

A report by LinkedIn sums up a survey it conducted, with learning and development professionals as respondents, and found that 45% of them spent approximately half of their time curating and building online content in pursuance of their L&D strategy. The answer to that need comes from a five-letter acronym – SCORM. What is SCORM?

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10 Effective Ways Teachers Can Make Learning Relevant and Meaningful

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Example : Instead of traditional book reports, students might be asked to start a small business, making decisions based on a novel’s characters and events. Book : “Setting the Standard for Project Based Learning ” by John Larmer, John Mergendoller, and Suzie Boss 3.

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A state embraces the idea that not everyone needs to go to college

The Hechinger Report

The only way we are going to compete with companies in places like India, China and Mexico, with much lower labor costs, is through knowledge.”. Whitworth says his firm is able to beat those companies by providing consistently high quality products to clients with niche needs. Anyone can get machine tools,” Whitworth says.

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Searching for Digital Courseware Solutions? Avoid the Rabbit Hole

Edsurge

So we’re trying to find a balance in all of the knowledge-based learning and the some of the application-based learning you can cover within the adaptive platform so when the students get together to do their project work they can effectively collaborate. Much of the work is collaborating in teams, building code.

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How to pass the WSET Diploma D2 exam on the Business of Wine

Brainscape

The take-home message here is to make sure you understand exactly what the examiners are asking you to do by explicitly identifying the command words , and then delivering on that using your extensive knowledge base. (As In English: how a company can evaluate internal and external threats to their goals.

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